Wednesday, June 13, 2007, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am (IST)

Presidential Poll
Mayawati goes UPA way
New Delhi, June 12
Bahujan Samaj Party president and UP Chief Minister Mayawati said today that she had reached an understanding with Congress president Sonia Gandhi regarding the UPA candidate for the presidential election.

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Third front not backing Shekhawat: Jaya
Chennai, June 12
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) supremo Jayaram Jayalalithaa today categorically denied that the newly formed third front of regional parties was backing Vice-President Bhairon Singh Shekhawat as an independent candidate for the presidential election slated next month.

Prez poll: Shekhawat to contest as independent

India: The Tasks Ahead
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Nation page Centre extends NCLP nationwide CHILDHOOD BURDEN: Another day of toil for this boy in New Delhi on World Day against Child Labour on Tuesday. — PTI photo

City Centre Scam
LIT trustees were kept in dark, Punjab tells SC
New Delhi, June 12
An investigation report of the state Vigilance Bureau placed before the Supreme Court by the Punjab government in the multi-crore Ludhiana City Centre scam has claimed that the Amarinder Singh government had kept the trustees of the Ludhiana Improvement Trust (LIT) totally in the dark about the project.

CBI told to pay Quattrocchi
Buenos Aires, June 12
The CBI was dealt another blow today when judge Harichi Doi of the first court of Eldorado ordered the prosecution to pay Ottavio Quattrocchi's legal fees.

BCCI turns to Borde for help
New Delhi, June 12
Embarrassed by Graham Ford’s refusal to become India’s cricket coach, the BCCI today appointed 72-year-old former skipper Chandu Borde as manager for the tour of Ireland and England, and decided to search afresh for a new coach.

Sports page: Dhoni elevated, Viru axed

Case Closed
Woolmer wasn’t murdered
Kingston, June 12
Former Pakistan cricket coach Bob Woolmer died of natural causes, and was not murdered as initially suspected, the Jamaican police said today, bringing to an embarrassing close a three-month investigation that had gripped the cricket world.

Indian ground staff go on strike
New Delhi, June 12
An estimated 12,000 ground staff of Indian tonight went on a nationwide flash strike accusing the management of going back on its assurances to them on their demands for wage arrears and better promotional prospects.

Govt sets 3 terms to resume talks with ULFA
New Delhi, June 12
The government has set three conditions to resume the stalled peace initiative with banned ULFA, that included a direct communication from the outfit's top leadership indicating their willingness for talks with the Centre, mediator for ULFA talks Indira Goswami said today.